PC goes haywire after BIOS update

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So, I updated the BIOS of my P8P67-M Pro to the 3701 on Asus' site and ever since.. it's basically become possessed.

First of all, it doesn't boot 4/5 times. The only way I can get it to boot without going to a black screen is to clear the CMOS 5 times and one out of those will get me into the BIOS.

But not before I get a "CPU Voltage error" and "CPU Temperature error". When I finally enter the BIOS, all the voltages are in red and continuously fluctuating. For instance, the 3.3v is actually 15v and the 12v is 24v.

Also, the CFM ratings are 65533RPM.

I manage to do very little before the computer simply shuts off.

I managed to boot into Windows just fine but it shut off again after about a minute.

My first thought after the BIOS was the PSU.. but it's been working solid for a year, and what are the chances that everything fucks up exactly after I upgrade the BIOS?

I'm going to try to download an older BIOS and reflash it.

If anyone has any input, please write it!

Thank you.
 
So how did the downgrade to an older BIOs play out?
 
What was the process you performed when updating the BIOS? My suspicion is that the update process was interrupted somehow. It could also have been a bad file if you downloaded it from anywhere but ASUS' official site, but you said that you did get it from their site. Can you try to flash the BIOS again with the same version (3701)? Does your mobo have a backup BIOS that you can revert to?

You should really never update the BIOS unless it fixes some major issue that you're experiencing.
 
Armenius said:
What was the process you performed when updating the BIOS? My suspicion is that the update process was interrupted somehow. It could also have been a bad file if you downloaded it from anywhere but ASUS' official site, but you said that you did get it from their site. Can you try to flash the BIOS again with the same version (3701)? Does your mobo have a backup BIOS that you can revert to?

You should really never update the BIOS unless it fixes some major issue that you're experiencing.
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The updating process seemed to have been interrupted by itself.

It flashed it properly and rebooted but it wouldn't come up, so I did a hard reset and it came back up. When it did, it showed some sort of progress screen that also finished properly, but then all this started..

I don't know what went wrong. I certainly didn't do anything.

I tried flashing the BIOS again but it would just say "BIOS update successful" without actually doing anything.

I tried downgrading the BIOS using DOS and it again, seemed to finish properly. I reset the CMOS like the guide stated and now.. I get the POST splash screen and it just gets stuck on that forever.

And now, I'm down to just getting a black screen instead of the POST screen. I clear the CMOS, replace the jumper, turn it on again, it spins for a second then stops, then spins again and stops, then finally spins continuously and 1/10 I manage to actually get into the BIOS.

Now I'm down to 1/20. Soon 1/30 probably.

I think the board is dying. I need to replace the board because of ASUS' defective BIOS/BIOS flashing process. Fuck ASUS.
 
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